Test 10 · ★ · Norse Tales, The Master Thief, part 16: the youth steals a…

the hanging trick, does the lad really hang?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: hanging trick · What happens: hang

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1519 «Norse Tales, The Master Thief, part 16: the youth steals a man's ox with a shoe and a trick» of the books course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 trick	det
2	hanging	hang	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 trick	amod
3	trick	trick	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 hang	nsubj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 trick	punct
5	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 hang	aux
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 lad	det
7	lad	lad	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 hang	nsubj
8	really	really	ADV	_	9 hang	advmod
9	hang	hang	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 hang	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hang	gerund							vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	hang	present · do-support	the hanging trick						vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

The options

Option 1

nah, he ties a rope and hides nearby

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 ties	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 ties	nsubj
4	ties	tie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 rope	det
6	rope	rope	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ties	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 hides	cc
8	hides	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 ties	conj
9	nearby	nearby	ADV	_	8 hides	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tie	present	he	a rope					vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rope=Patient
2	hide	present	he not said here					nearby property	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

yeah, he gets hung for real, no joke

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 hung	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 hung	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 hung	nsubj
4	gets	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 hung	aux:pass
5	hung	hang	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 real	case
7	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 hung	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 joke	punct
9	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	10 joke	det
10	joke	joke	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hung	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hang	present · passive		he				for real; no joke obl	vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

nah, he ties himself up then runs round again

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 ties	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 ties	nsubj
4	ties	tie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 runs	advcl
5	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	4 ties	obj
6	up	up	ADP	_	4 ties	compound:prt
7	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	8 runs	advmod
8	runs	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	round	round	ADV	_	8 runs	advmod
10	again	again	ADV	_	8 runs	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tie up	present	he	himself = he					vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Patient
2	run	present					then; again	round property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

nah, he ties himself up with a rope then sprints round the back and does it all again

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 ties	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 ties	nsubj
4	ties	tie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	4 ties	obj
6	up	up	ADP	_	4 ties	compound:prt
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 rope	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 rope	det
9	rope	rope	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ties	obl
10	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	11 sprints	advmod
11	sprints	sprint	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 ties	conj
12	round	round	ADP	_	14 back	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 back	det
14	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 sprints	obl
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 does	cc
16	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 ties	conj
17	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 does	obj
18	all	all	ADV	_	19 again	advmod
19	again	again	ADV	_	16 does	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tie up	present	he	himself = he			with a rope	vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent himself=Patient with rope=Co-Patient
2	sprint	present	he not said here		the back	then		vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme round back=Trajectory
3	do	present	he not said here	back		again		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality

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